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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jimmy Webb, a downtown fixture and enthusiastic salesman and buyer at iconic East Village rocker fashion haven Trash and Vaudeville, has died, his longtime friends confirm. He was 62.</p><p>“We are all going to miss our wonderful friend Jimmy Webb,&#8221; Debbie Harry, legendary Blondie frontwoman and Webb muse, 74, told The Post. &#8220;There goes a lovely unique NYC character. I feel lucky to have known him.”</p><p>Webb has been a stylist at Trash and Vaudeville, a store he dubbed “rock-and-roll heaven,” since 2000 and had become known as the face of the brand before <strong>opening his own boutique</strong>, I Need More, on the Lower East Side this year.</p><figure id="attachment_15489552"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-02.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-02.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-02.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Jimmy Webb and Debbie Harry in 2019.</span><span class="credit">Getty Images for Mae McKagan Fal</span></figcaption></figure><p>When reached by The Post, a shipping coordinator with Trash and Vaudeville said they &#8220;were actually getting word of [his passing] ourselves just now,&#8221; but declined to confirm. No cause of death has been released at this time.</p><p>This past February, Webb held what amounted to a last hurrah. At his shop I Need More — named for a song by Iggy Pop — he had two squares of tile removed from the floor so that Pop and Harry could make like Hollywood stars and lay their handprints into plaster. The event was a who’s who of rock ‘n’ roll royalty. Duff McKagan, David Johansen and Henry Rollins were among those in attendance.</p><p>“I flew out from LA; I had to be there for Jimmy,” Rollins, 59, told The Post. “He was not doing well, and I had no doubt that it would be my last time seeing him. Cancer is a hell of a thing.”</p><p>Rollins remembers on at least one occasion, not long ago, he played Buffalo and an ailing Webb took the train up to surprise him backstage. “He traveled four hours and came in with a bouquet of flowers,” Rollins recounted. “He said he just wanted to see me. That was a total Jimmy move. We put the flowers on the tour bus and hoped they wouldn’t get knocked over when we pulled out of a truck stop. Jimmy Webb was one of the sweetest human beings I ever met.”</p><p>Tributes from friends came in on Tuesday including Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, 52. &#8220;Jimmy Webb was a great friend of mine,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/sebastianbach/status/1250172530318381056" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted on Tuesday</a>. &#8220;I bought every pair of Cuban heeled boots that I wore from 1987 &#8211; 2011 at Trash &amp; Vaudeville from Jimmy. Rest in peace brother we will miss you. You came from the time of true rock and roll.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Farewell, dear Jimmy. The sweetest, kindest, rock and roll soul. I’ll never forget you,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/MVZaGoGo/status/1250145685564993537" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted</a> actress Maureen Van Zandt, 68. Chris Stein, 70, the guitarist for Blondie, also <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissteinplays/status/1250181901555466241" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shared a tribute on Twitter</a> Tuesday.</p><p>“We are true mom-and-pop, the bodega of rock ’n’ roll clothing,” Webb <strong>told The New York Times</strong> of Trash and Vaudeville in 2013. “It’s here because of truth and spirit, just like Iggy Pop giving it his best every night and going all the way until everything in your body is broken except your soul and rock ’n’ roll.&#8221;</p><p>Many have recalled interactions with Webb as a memorable experience thanks to his rebellious candor, infectious energy and edgy fashion sense with a fervor for tight pants.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B--f3c1HnCv/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" ><p><script src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" async="async"></script></p><div > <strong></p><div ><svg width="50px" height="50px" viewBox="0 0 60 60" version="1.1" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><g transform="translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)" fill="#000000"><g><path d="M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631"></path></g></g></g></svg></div><div ><div > View this post on Instagram</div></div><p> </strong></p><p ><strong>A post shared by Nicolas Heller (@newyorknico)</strong> on <time  datetime="2020-04-14T21:35:34+00:00">Apr 14, 2020 at 2:35pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><p>Becka Diamond of New York City tells The Post she met Webb through a friend and convinced her the tighter the pants, the closer to rock godliness.</p><p>&#8220;We used to drop in and hang with him and he&#8217;d always be painting the jeans on me,&#8221; she recalls. &#8220;He&#8217;d say &#8216;They&#8217;re going to stretch, you need to go smaller!&#8217; until they were skin tight and I needed to be zipped in. And of course, they looked great that way. Jimmy was the coolest and kindest punk.&#8221;</p><p>A true eccentric and authentic punk rocker, the Wynantskill, New York, native was responsible for styling some of the greats he called his friends, including <strong>KISS guitarist Ace Frehley</strong>, Blondie and Iggy Pop.</p><figure id="attachment_15489576"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-07.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-07.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-07.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Agyness Deyn and Jimmy Webb.</span><span class="credit">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>But it wasn&#8217;t just rockers and famous faces who adored Webb for his devotion to rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll duds. (<strong>In 2006, Webb told The Post</strong> that bondage pants were acceptable to wear to work, &#8220;just take the straps off.”) Mourners from all over paid tribute to Webb&#8217;s keen eye for fashion and contagious energy.</p><p>&#8220;Knew Jimmy since I was a teenager. He sold me my first pair of bondage pants at T&amp;V,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/spencer_th0mas/status/1250173302146031616" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">one fan wrote</a>.</p><p>&#8220;Trash was the 1st spot I ever made a beeline for when I visited New York as an adult before I moved here, and last time I saw him he told me the collar I was trying on really complemented my tits,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/MVZaGoGo/status/1250145685564993537" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted another fan</a>.</p><p>&#8220;My aunt took me there when I was 13. Jimmy helped me pick out soooo many outfits. He was so supportive of a 13-year-old little girl who was trying to figure out who she was in the world,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/KimmyPagnotta/status/1250151027371802629" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">added another</a>.</p><p>Webb himself remembers stumbling upon the punk rock haven, too, well before working there many years later. In 1975, the same year Trash and Vaudeville opened, Webb was a teen who ran away from home to New York with a pillowcase full of clothes and a whole lot of heart.</p><figure id="attachment_15489560"  class="wp-caption alignright"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-07.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-07.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-07.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Jimmy Webb</span><span class="credit">WireImage</span></figcaption></figure><p>“Coming into Trash and Vaudeville my first time, I knew I’d found a home and I wasn’t crazy,” he told the NYTimes.</p><p>After working as a bar back and flunking out of beauty school, Webb wrote a letter to T&amp;V owner Ray Goodman asking for a job. Goodman took a &#8220;chance&#8221; on Webb and within a year, he became the highest-paid employee at the St. Mark&#8217;s Place store, which moved to East 7th Street in 2016, <strong>The New Yorker reported</strong>.</p><p>The rest, as they say, is history. Webb&#8217;s presence has become an appendage of the store, whether he was commanding the floor and offering matter-of-fact commentary or presiding over the storefront&#8217;s iconic stoop — in leather-clad glory.</p><p>“I don’t feel sure of many things in life, but I’m sure of two: I’ll be in New York forever, and I’m never leaving Trash and Vaudeville,&#8221; he told The New Yorker in 2007. &#8220;I want to have them stuff me like — what’s it called? — taxidermy, and put me in a corner. They can rig it so someone can pull a string and I’ll say, ‘You rock,’ or ‘Tighter, tighter, those pants need to be tighter’—the things I say every day.”</p><figure id="attachment_15489561"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-01.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-01.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/04/jimmy-webb-obit-01.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Jimmy Webb</span><span class="credit">Getty Images for Mae McKagan Fal</span></figcaption></figure>]]></content:encoded>
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